Overview
- New videos show long lines at Tenerife South passport control, with local reports saying only five of 36 biometric units are working.
- Spain’s Interior Ministry rejects claims of a structural failure, attributing bottlenecks to clustered arrivals and temporary IT faults.
- Airports Council International Europe says border processing times have risen four to five times, creating typical two-hour waits and risks of six hours in peaks.
- ABTA urges fuller use of permitted contingency measures to scale back checks when queues build, arguing under-use has prolonged delays.
- The European Commission has reportedly moved the target for full EES implementation from April to September during the phased rollout.